Annotation:Amazon
X:1 T:Amazon Hornpipe M:C| L:1/8 R:Hornpipe S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G B>c | d>gd>B e>dc>A | G>FG>A B>GD>C | B,>DG>F E>Gc>B | (3ABA (3GFE D2 B>c | d>gd>B e>dc>A | G>FG>A B>GD>C | B,>DG>F E>cA>F | G2B2G2 :: F>G | A>^GA>B c>Bc>d | e>de>f g2 (3def | g>fe>d c>BA>G | A>d^c>e d2 e>f | (3ggg d>B (3eee c>A | (3ddd B>G (3ccc A>F | G>Be>d ^c>d=c>A | G2B2G2 :||
AMAZON HORNPIPE. AKA and see "Norton's Favorite." American, Hornpipe (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A note in Ryan's Mammoth declares: "Can be used as a Clog." Paul de Grae identifies it as a version of O'Neill's "Spellan's Fiddle" (Music of Ireland, 1903, No. 616) and "Spring Garden (1) (The)," while Fr. John Quinn identifies Elias Howe's "Norton's Favorite" as a cognate. The beginning measures of the second part were incorporated into the beginning of the second part of O'Neill's "Star Hornpipe (1) (The)."
